Besides Turkey, we are seeing an increasing number of European countries dipping their toes in adaptations of Korean remakes. While across the Atlantic none of the adaptations have been able to make it beyond the pilot episodes, we are seeing signs of a more cautious yet not less serious interest in Korean scripted creativity. With Kanal […]
After the success of our first panel talk at the Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) last year, we are proud to announce, with the support of KOFICE, our next panel talk, dedicated to Korean scripted formats. Formats are basically the defining narrative elements of a show, be it an entertainment or a fictional series. With the […]
The official call for entries for the Seoul International Drama Awards 2016 ended on May 6. 265 TV entries from 51 countries around the world have been submitted, the highest number since the festival’s inception in 2006 (that’s 2,042 TV entries in 11 years). This total breaks down as follow: 62 TV movies; 120 mini-series; […]
While the format-exchange agreement between ITV Studios and CJ E&M went well noticed, it is as if the most critical announcement (for us) had been muted. Indeed, on March 18, 2016 Eccho Rights announced the first ever scripted format deal for a Korean drama in the UK: ITV Studios has picked up the TV series Who […]
On Monday March 7th, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) held its annual creative industries forum. This year, it took place at the prestigious BFI Southbank in its largest screening room, NFT1. The day kicked off with speeches by UK Culture Secretary, John Whittingdale OBE MP, and Korean Culture Minister, Kim Jong-deok, followed by signature of a memorandum […]